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Monday, November 23, 2009

Photo: Civil War Watch Stopped Suddenly; Sub End Still Unknown


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This watch belonged to Lt. George Dixon, commander of the H. L. Hunley, a Confederate submarine that sank off the Charleston, South Carolina coast during the Civil War.

Scientists announced on December 14, 2007, that the watch stopped suddenly, possibly at the time the sank.

But the new finding doesn't hold many clues into the fate of the Hunley.

"I would say instead of the smoking gun, it's more of the smoke that keeps you from seeing," said state Senator Glenn McConnell, a Republican from Charleston who chairs the Hunley Commission.

Photograph from Friends of the Hunley/Getty Images/HO